Chapter 1 Book Intro
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| science | an organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world
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| observation | the process of gathering information about events or processes in a careful, orderly way
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| data | the information gathered from observations
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| inference | a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience
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| hypothesis | a proposed scientific explanation for a set of observations
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| spontaneous generation | the idea that life could arise from nonliving matter
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| controlled experiment | an experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time
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| manipulated variable | the variable that is deliberately changed; also known as the independent variable
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| responding variable | the variable that is observed and that changes in response to the manipulated variable; also known as the dependent variable
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| theory | a well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
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| biology | the science that seeks to understand the living world
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| cell | a collection of living matter enclosed by a barrier that separates the cell from its surroundings
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| sexual reproduction | cells from two different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism
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| asexual reproduction | reproduction that results in new organism from a single parent
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| metabolism | the combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out its life processes
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| stimulus | a signal to which an organism responds
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| homeostasis | the process by which
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